Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 297 - On the Shelf for October 2024

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 297 - On the Shelf for October 2024 - Transcript(Originally aired 2024/10/05 - listen here)Welcome to On the Shelf for October 2024.It’s supposed to be fall, but here in California we’re having some of the hottest days of the year. And of course that’s nothing to what folks in hurricane country are dealing with at the moment. Climate is getting more extreme, but there are historic novels as well that deal with climate disasters, like the Galveston hurricane of 1900, or the “year without a summer” in 1816 when volcanic ash caused temporary cooling all around the globe and crop failures across Europe. And, of course, there’s an entire sub-genre of romances set around the great quake of San Francisco in 1906. When they’re safely fictional, a disaster can be an inspiring setting for historic fiction.Wherever you look for inspiration, its time to get those juices flowing for next year’s fiction series on the podcast. I’ll get the new Call for Submiss...